How do I stop biting my nails?

It is hard! (I know from experience) but what has helped me the most it to wear fake nails (nails- not talons) and to decorate them so that you do not want to ruin them by biting them. (about $10 / 1-2 months for a kit).

start chewing on gum. it'll keep your mouth distracted from chewing/biting your nails.

Biting nails is usually a learned behavior in response to a reaction to some stressor in our lives. It can be associated with mental health concerns such as anxiety. There are many means to go about addressing biting our nails like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for example but it is best to consult with a Psychologist or someone trained and licensed is this area to determine the best treatment options.

Several treatment measures may help you stop biting your nails. Some focus on behavior changes and some focus on physical barriers to nail-biting. Keep your nails trimmed and filed. Taking care of your nails can help reduce your nail-biting habit and encourage you to keep your nails attractive. Have a manicure regularly or use nail polish. Men can use a clear polish. Wearing artificial nails may stop you from biting your nails and protect them as they grow out. Try stress-management techniques if you bite your nails because you are anxious or stressed. Paint a bitter-tasting polish, such as CONTROL-IT or Thum, on your nails. The awful taste will remind you to stop every time you start to bite your nails. Try substituting another activity, such as drawing or writing or squeezing a stress ball or Silly Putty, when you find yourself biting your nails. If you keep a record of nail-biting, you will become more aware of the times when you bite your nails and be able to stop the habit. Wear gloves, adhesive bandages, or colored stickers whenever possible to remind you not to bite your nails. Snap a rubber band on the inside of your wrist when you start to bite your nails so you have a negative physical response to nail-biting.

Painting your nails or getting them done professionally, even a clear or nude coat, can be great motivation to stop picking at or biting your nails! The drive to keep the polish intact is a great motivator!

There is a clear nail polish at the store you can pick up - our nails will taste rather bitter when you begin to bite at them

Put cayenne pepper on the tips of your fingernails. Each time you feel the need to bite, you will remember not to do it.

Biting nails is something you do when your nervous or are bored you could put nail varnish on them or even clear nail varnish so it will look like you haven't got any nail varnish on and it might stop you from biting them.

You will need to root out the cause - what usually is going on when you start doing it? For example, is it stress? If so, then you will have to try to relieve it and really have the willpower to stop.

I have learned that it's a mind over matter process. For me, it helped me by chewing on small straws, almost like the ones you would stir coffee or a drink with, or even gum. After a while, I lost interest in nail biting.